Hundreds of millions of years from now, Earth will look unrecognizable as the globe’s largest ocean vanishes, and researchers say the continent “Amasia” will form from the collision of …
Curtin UniversityGetty Images/Science Photo LibraIf the latest research is accurate, Earth’s seven continents will slowly merge into one giant landmass, surrounded by what are known as the Atlantic and Indian oceans.Researchers said a key part of the new supercontinent would be the movement of Australia.
The continent is expected to first collide with Asia, before North America merges with Asia, ending the Pacific Ocean as we know it. said the Pacific Ocean is what is left of the Panthalassa super ocean and has been shrinking since about the era of dinosaurs.Pangaea is thought to have started breaking apart more than 200 million years ago and led to the land and ocean formations we know today.
With the new continent, climate patterns will change, and a large part of “Amasia” could resemble a desert because of a lack of maritime influence. “Earth as we know it will be drastically different when Amasia forms. The sea level is expected to be lower, and the vast interior of the supercontinent will be very arid with high daily temperature ranges,” co-author Zheng-Xiang Li, from Curtin University, said in a statement.
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